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microcenturies

microcenturies is the plural of microcentury.

Meaning of microcentury

Noun

microcentury (plural microcenturies)

  1. (humorous) A unit of time equal to one millionth of a century or approximately one hour (52 minutes and 35.8 seconds).
    • After fifty minutes (one microcentury as von Neumann used to say) everybody's attention will turn elsewhere even if we are trying to prove the Riemann hypothesis.1997, Gian-Carlo Rota, “Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Been Taught”, in Indiscrete Thoughts, Springer Science & Business Media, published 2008, →ISBN, page 197

Questions about microcenturies

What is microcenturies the plural of?
Microcenturies is the plural of microcentury.

Words near microcenturies in the dictionary

  1. microcentrifugations
  2. microcentrifuge
  3. microcentrifuged
  4. microcentrifuges
  5. microcentrifuging
  6. microcenturies
  7. microcentury
  8. microcephalia
  9. microcephalic
  10. microcephalics
  11. microcephalies

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